Its a trading card and game site, think of all the big popular names that should have been in the ads. Xbox Playstation, yugio, world of warcraft etc
Adsense - perhaps we could entice your visitor into a bowl of cereal ?
.......aaauggh
Sally Stitts
5:17 pm on Nov 29, 2010 (gmt 0)
So, are you saying that Interest Based Ads have completely replaced keyword-based ads on your site?
I didn't think that they could be blocked (the original case), until I read a recent thread here, which said they CAN be blocked. So maybe you should block them?
Under "My Account", there is an "Interest-Based Ads Preference", which says - "Interest-based ads: Do not show ads based on user interest or demographic categories. Visitation information from my sites will not be used to help create interest or demographic categories."
Originally, we could NOT block them. But the way it reads now (Bold Text), it looks like we can.
cien
3:26 pm on Nov 30, 2010 (gmt 0)
Blocking IBA under "Interest Based Ads Preference" doesn't block ad stalking. That's what most users think "IBA" is. Ads still will be tailored to the user based on previous visits to advertiser sites. That can't be turned off. You are turning off only part of IBA with that feature. "Visitation information from my sites will not be used to help create interest or demographic categories."
That's what you are turning off.
farmboy
6:15 pm on Nov 30, 2010 (gmt 0)
"Visitation information from my sites will not be used to help create interest or demographic categories."
I wonder if there is a good reason in that statement to turn it off?
If someone visits my site about widgets and as a result Google shows that person ads about widgets when visiting the next site, the visitor might just click. And that other webmaster gets the click, not me. Personally, I'd rather visitors only see the ads of interest when visiting my site.
Someone could claim that if everyone allows it (IBA) we all will benefit.
I wonder what be the result if everyone disallows it?
